December 24th, 2009
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November 17th, 2009

Nice Job Rick.....
I wanted to show all of you who check out my blog and thankyou for doing so, as I try to keep the site as updated as possible, but when the racing season goes cold, I have to become creative in another way to burn up some of the energy. Surfing on the web I came across Krazy Ricks Chilly Willy Gasser. I opened up the site and low and behold was a gallery of pictures from all sides of the car with the 1967 green and yellow combo war paint. I had to look at it closer, something seemed funny and I realized it was a model. Holy smokes!!!!! Is this ever neat.You never know whats out there until you look. He stated in his posting that we met at one of the local tracks and that he sifted thru my collection of pictures that I display and loved the paint scheme so much that he recreated a model of it. Well some of you may not know, this is the way the car looked before the blue paint job that we currently run. Rick has done an amazing job of just that. This was Berts first year with the Willys and it had a junk yard engine for power. The purchase price of the car was $1200.00 and his wife ended up buying it for his birthday. What a lovely gal. Burt said he found the original sales slip the other day when he was looking through some stuff. Anyway, the car never went as fast as he would have liked it to, but Straus was able to keep the car very consistant and new he could win some races. Wasnt till the next year that he bought another engine which had much more power from a well know altered called “Percy Also” who changed his engine to a Hemi. Heres the link to Ricks forum posting. Check it out and also another new page I have added in the pages section to show off your hard works called “Model Builders Corner” ………Dyno http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t13813.html

At St.Thomas Drag Strip in 1967.
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October 21st, 2009
Time to read and enjoy about other peoples cars. Dont be shy and send me your info with a few pictures and you will get posted. Click it in “Pages” open and enjoy…Dyno….
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September 30th, 2009
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September 20th, 2009

Go Back In The Day
The famous and beautiful Milan dragway outside of Detroit Mighigan will be hosting the first ever nostalgia show and shine event on Sept 26. This one day event arleady has a large booking and should be quite the show. We are counting down the days till we get there. The Can/Am Gassers will be in full swing with a larger than nornal American gasser turn out. Deric Knowe on the Candian side who runs the “Hyper Henry” said to me earlier “We gonna have to work real hard to take them out. Theyre good racers you know.” Ya I know Deric, they beat us last event. So stay tuned and see what happens. Have you seen the latest video on the Chilly Willys in Lancaster New York? Its on YouTube courtesy of Frank Kunkel and it was a wonderful ride. By the way its on my video page too. Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G4EFEGHbUM Dyno
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September 20th, 2009

Imagine seeing this on the street
Last weekend we hit the Bend for one day of racing. The stars of the OSCA realy let it all hang out. Nice weather, dedicated and efficient staff members, awsome strip, clean grounds and fast cars made it another event to plan for next year. Special thanks to Mike Bennet and Rob Barnes of the OSCA for the invitation and treating us ”Candian Gassers” very nicely despite theyre buisy day. Many thanks. We ran the car twice in the 1/4 mile and went 9.86/ 128 mph first pass, (9.68/ 139 mph second pass setting another personal record.) P.S. dont tell the competition……Dyno
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August 25th, 2009
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Look mom, im in the car.
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This is the best, a Gone Beserk hat and a Chilly Willys calendar.
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Im not getting out….
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Just making sure everything is alright
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Take the picture, its HOT..
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Just one little drive, we promise
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Gone Beserks breakfast gathering.
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Honey, stop looking at the calendar and smile. LOL
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Are you happy you got my picture now……
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My crew,Ed Vastokas and Lee Pinylo made the car do the laps all day without a hitch.
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What a pretty smile eh boys…
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This is my favorite car…
The racing was a complete succes last weekend and all cars made the rounds making it one of the best organized races ive ever been in. The heat was brutal for the 3 days. The sun poured down on the tack and it was tricky to get a good hard launch. The stick cars spun out of the hole slightly and some got into trouble grabbing second gear which made crew chiefs scramble for tire adjustments. The fans got to see the qualifying and eliminations all happen in a sweet short time. We hot lapped the cars in 45 minute intervals, only to return after our pass with time to refuel, check tires and put a cool drink down to cool off and then “YOUR UP AGAIN” was heard. Dave Mathers, owner of St.Thomas dragway had a rock and roll beat happening. This small show was very well organized and was a great success. Chilly Willys ended up being 2nd fastest qualifier with a 6.19 ET in the 1/8 mile and had to race the #1 qualifier with his 6.11 ET. What luck! I took him out of the hole but spun 2nd and he drove away. The big Rossitter horsepower in our car didnt have enough time to catch him and lost. We went out with our heads high. We lost to the champion Ed Wisely in his 34 Ford who was on Team USA. There are those who put out for this race and need to be thanked. Special thanks to all the Team USA members who drove the miles and are truely wonderful people, Nelson Bilyk for organizing this event, and whom I recieved fuel money to help cover some of the costs. Dave, Linda, Paul and Jen Mathers for having the faith in these racers to put on the best damn gasser show since the seveties. My crew Ed Vastokas and Lee Pinylo who sweated it out. If you missed it, you missed it. Up above are some of the ones that didnt
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August 13th, 2009
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August 8th, 2009

Bob gets the quick shot
Well, the car keeps on getting faster and the spark plugs say no ones home yet. First pass at the track on Friday was fast and hard with a 6.16 ET beating our Thompson Ohio pass in June with the 6.20 ET. We were all happy because the furnace is starting to warm up. We then ran again the next day and had a big wheelie in second gear and unloaded the chassis on the wheelie bars which moved the car out of the groove and pushed me over to the wall at about 80 mph and I thought I hit it. It was so close. I can laugh about it now,. but its taken me a couple days to forget the scare. After an incident like that you shake for a bit. We couldn’t close the day off without trying to settle the car down for the next run. We did a shock adjustment and pumped the tire up one more pound to 16, believe it or not and WHAMO. That car left like a bullet and ran a 6.08/114 MPH. Still did the big air in first gear, second gear popped the nose up and the wheelie bars just kissed the track and rode straight out with a long gentle wheelie. What a feeling. Shifting third, then fourth gear to get the job done are the last little breaths you take under tension. Then its all over and you slow down and then get your report card.(time ticket) I know in that pass the engine revved over 8000 while power shifting. We just did a valve lash check and everything is perfect. I think we are going to put the camera in the car next time we go down the track and show you what its like. Im also trying to get a video of the near crash from someone who recorded it at the show and post it. Here are some pics from the event taken by my friend Bob Wenzelburger, P.S. if anyone has any pics or videos to offer, im always interested, thanks and enjoy… Dyno

WHR 2009
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August 3rd, 2009

Always smiling.

We love Chilly Willys.

Bill with his Chilly Willys shirt on

Smilin and profilin

- I got free beer cause I had my Chilly Willys shirt on

Its hot outside but cool here.

The Johnson family that owned Niagra Drag Strip.

Yeah, I love this car.

Fans crowd the barriers to get a glimpse.
There were so many people walking around, lots of smiling faces and here are some of them. Thanks for stopping by and saying hello.We enjoyed your company. Oh and if you were wondering how the car went, that will be the next post. Thanks, Dyno

Thanks for the calendar.
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